appetitus
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of appetō (“strive after, assail”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ap.peˈtiː.tus/, [ap.pɛˈtiː.tʊs]
Noun
appetītus m (genitive appetītūs); fourth declension
- an attack, assault
- passionate desire or longing
- the faculty of desire
- passion, appetite
Inflection
Fourth declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | appetītus | appetītūs |
| Genitive | appetītūs | appetītuum |
| Dative | appetītuī | appetītibus |
| Accusative | appetītum | appetītūs |
| Ablative | appetītū | appetītibus |
| Vocative | appetītus | appetītūs |
Descendants
- Asturian: petite
- English: appetite
- French: appétit
- Italian: appetito
- Portuguese: apetite, apetito
- Romanian: apetit
- Russian: аппети́т m (appetít)
- Spanish: apetito
Participle
appetītus m (feminine appetīta, neuter appetītum); first/second declension
- desired, coveted having been longed for.
- attacked, assaulted, having been assailed.
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | appetītus | appetīta | appetītum | appetītī | appetītae | appetīta | |
| Genitive | appetītī | appetītae | appetītī | appetītōrum | appetītārum | appetītōrum | |
| Dative | appetītō | appetītae | appetītō | appetītīs | appetītīs | appetītīs | |
| Accusative | appetītum | appetītam | appetītum | appetītōs | appetītās | appetīta | |
| Ablative | appetītō | appetītā | appetītō | appetītīs | appetītīs | appetītīs | |
| Vocative | appetīte | appetīta | appetītum | appetītī | appetītae | appetīta | |
Related terms
- appetentia
- appetītiō
- appetītōr
- appetō
References
- appetitus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- appetitus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- appetitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette